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Vegetable Zen

100 students were surveyed about their preferences for bell peppers (capsicum), carrots and spinach, with the following results:

- 72 students said they like bell peppers, and 36 students said they like only bell peppers.

- 41 students said they like carrots, and 9 students said they like only carrots.

- 31 students said they like spinach, and 3 students said they like only spinach.

- 9 students said they like neither bell peppers, nor carrots, nor spinach.


What is the best way to model/analyze this survey data?
Graphically (and what type of graph)?
Tables? How?
Algebra?


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